Word: trade
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...study, conducted jointly by the Securities Industry Association and Investment Company Institute, a pair of trade groups, reveals other shortcomings as well. For example, investors make way more trades outside their employer-sponsored retirement plan than inside. That's way bad. The typical employer plan is tax-deferred, so trades aren't taxable events. Not true in most other types of accounts...
...stock-fund holders buy and sell through some sort of advice filter. Individuals now have enough wealth at stake so that it seems they are less inclined to go it alone. That may mean Merrill Lynch, down 30% from its high last April, is a better bargain than E-Trade, down 68%. Merrill is in the advice biz, which may have value after all, especially if the market continues to churn...
...know what gadget I want for my birthday this year. It's the same thing I've lusted after for a couple of birthdays now, and I'd trade in all the socks, ties and humorous cards about aging if only I could have it. Unfortunately, I can't, because it's a cable modem--which lets you traverse the Net at about 20 times the speed of a 56K modem--and cable-modem service is very spotty right now. In Manhattan, for example, I'd have to live between 59th and 67th Street, or in the ultra-hip East...
BUGGING OUT Since the new VW Beetle became the unofficial car of Gen X, designers have taken its lessons to heart. Witness this spate of funky, bubbly, environmentally friendly concept cars at recent trade shows. Honda's Fuya-jo, which means "all-night entertainment district," boasts a turntable-like steering wheel and mixer-like dashboard. Also shown: the Norwegian Think electric car; Nissan's Hypermini EV, which goes up to 100 miles on a single battery charge; Honda's fuel-cell prototype FCX. What would Herbie...
...corporations, from General Motors to Coca-Cola to Lockheed, have garnered huge benefits from going beyond mere export trade and licensing their brands abroad to manufacturers of high-quality consumer goods, ranging from apparel to toys to foods. Licensing's allure is obvious. It offers companies new revenues that require little if any capital outlay. It's an ideal way to protect trademarks from infringers. And it's an invaluable marketing method because it can enhance a brand's image and lead it to new markets. Corporate brand licensing has grown from practically zero in the mid-1980s...